Road closure planned for wind farm development

Work on the 25.2 Mega Watt Taghart began last year.

Cavan County Council has announced a temporary road closure in order to facilitate the installation of Taghart Windfarm grid connection cable route.

The L3525 Corglass road, from its junction with the L3524 Cornamagh road to its junction with the L35251 at Drumsallagh, will be closed (Monday to Friday) from Monday, January 31, until Friday, February 25, 2022.

The route will be shut between the hours of 8am and 5pm.

Details of alternative routes have been provided by the local authority. They include from L35251 at Drumsallagh via L3525/L3526 onto the R165 at Dunaree, via the R165 to Collops, via the L7556/L3525 to Cornamagh and vice versa.

Local access only will be accommodated on the Corglass road itself.

All queries relating to the road closure can be directed to Adman Civil Projects Ltd, 4 Bankmore Way East, Doogary, Omagh, Co Tyrone BT79 0NZ. Tel +44(0) 28 8224 2166 or mail@adman-ltd.com.

Works got under way at the Taghart wind farm in Co Cavan at the start of last year.

In 2020, energy company Greencoat Renewables bought the 25.2 Mega Watt Taghart wind farm, along with another in county Offaly for a combined price of €123m.

Norwegian state-owned Statkraft, Europe's largest generator of renewable energy, is managing the construction process and will provide trading and operational management services following the plants' commissioning.

The development benefits from 15-year fixed price contracts, secured under the Renewable Energy Support Scheme 1 (RESS 1) auction.